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February 21, 2007 
 
Lenior Man Arrested for Attempted Common Law Robbery
 
Jeremy David Greene, 30, was arrested on February 21, 2007 for felony attempted common law robbery.

On February 12, 2007, a white male entered the Shop and Save Convenience store located on Highway 18 North. According to detectives with the Sheriff's Office, the man entered the store and placed a note on the counter demanding money from the register.
 
The female clerk asked the man to leave the store, but he refused and the clerk pulled a handgun from behind the counter. The suspect then fled the store heading towards Caldwell County in a blue van.
 
Investigators with the Burke County Sheriff's Office identified the subject, through the store's security video, as Jeremy David Greene. Greene was able to elude law enforcement until captured on February 21, 2007 in Caldwell County, where he was wanted for motor vehicle theft and probation violation.
 
Greene was transported back to Burke County by detectives and placed in the Burke/Catawba Jail under a $20,000.00 secured bond. He was charged with felony attempted common law robbery. First appearance is scheduled for February 23, 2007.
 
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